Ptolemaic Solar System, 1660. Creator: Unknown.

Ptolemaic Solar System, 1660.  Creator: Unknown.

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Ptolemaic Solar System, 1660. Scenographia Systematis Mundani Ptolemaici. The Earth circled by a band containing signs of the Zodiac and the orbits of the planets according to the Ptolemaic System. Surrounding the map, angels and cherubs are seen in the top corners, while astronomers and other scholars are portrayed in the bottom corners. From Harmonia Macrocosmica or Atlas Coelestis.


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Claudius Ptolemy: Greek: Astronomer, geographer, cartographer, mathematician
  2. Andreas Cellarius: Dutch-German: Mathematician, cosmographer

Picture Type
  1. Map

Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Artistic Representations Maps

Religion & Belief Other

People Other

Science & Nature Astronomy


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4492x3884
File Size : 51,115kb


Aliases

  1. Shelfmark: Maps.C.6.c.2
  1. 1280000383
  1. 3-056-871
  1. 3056871

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